苛

Translingual

Han character

苛 (radical 140 艸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿一弓口 (TMNR), four-corner 4462₁)

1. small, petty
2. harsh, rigorous

References

• KangXi: page 1022, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30785
• Dae Jaweon: page 1481, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3187, character 3
• Unihan data for U+82DB

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		苛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kē (ke¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴, ho¹
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ):

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: kē
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ
    • Wade-Giles: k'o¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho⁴, ho¹
    • Yale: hòh, hō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴, ho¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹/, /hɔː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ:
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (苛, reconstructed)
Character (苛), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 匣 (33) Final: 歌 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 胡歌切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɦɑ/	/ɣɑ/	/ɣɑ/	/ɦɑ/	/ɦa/	/ɣɑ/	/ɣɑ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (苛, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
苛					7460					可					歌					1					何					/*ɡaːl/

Definitions

苛

1. severe; exacting

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Japanese

Kanji

苛

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: か (ka), が (ga)
• Kun: こまかい (komakai), からい (karai), いらだつ (iradatsu)

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Korean

Hanja

苛 (ga) (hangeul 가, revised ga, McCune-Reischauer ka, Yale ka)

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